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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14B-145-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:162912 USN
    Construction Number:560
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14B-145-GR sn 162912 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB, Peru - Kokomo, Indiana

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14B-145-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.

    1 February 1988

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 162912.

    February 1988

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 24 (VF-24), NAS San Diego, CA.

    By November 1988

    Transferred to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Four (VX-4), NAS Point Mugu, CA.
    Operated with markings: XF-52

    By 1991

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 101 (VF-101) NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AD-105

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 102 (VF-102) NAS Oceana, VA.

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 142 (VF-142).

    From Unknown to 1997

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 143 (VF-143).

    1997

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 11 (VF-11), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AG-201

    Circa October 2001

    Made three combat deployments with USS George Washington and USS John F. Kennedy supporting Operation Enduring Freedom beginning Ca. October 2001.

    By 2005

    Markings Applied: AA-101

    20 April 2005

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB, Peru-Kokomo, IN.
    Ferried from NAS Oceana.
    View the Location Dossier

    20 April 2005

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    5 December 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    5 December 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    15 May 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aviation Photo Company
    F-14 Tomcat Units of Operation Enduring Freedom by Tony Holmes
    Grissom Air Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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